ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,411, issued on June 17, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Optical imaging system" was invented by Phil Ho Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yong Joo Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hag Chul Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Tae Yeon Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical imaging system includes: a first lens group including a plurality of lenses; a second lens group including a plurality of lenses; a first reflecting member disposed on an object side of the first lens group; and a plurality of second reflecting members arranged between the second lens group and an image s...